Teamsters union pays $2.9m to settle racial discrimination lawsuit | US unions
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 20, 2024
Thirteen former Black and Hispanic employees for the Teamsters International Union filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the union and its president, Sean O’Brien, alleging racial discrimination over their firings after O’Brien assumed the helm in March 2022.
The lawsuit was filed in Washington DC last February, alleging violation of the DC Human Rights Act. The Teamsters paid $2.9m to settle the lawsuit, according to three union officials.
In an email seen by the Guardian, Teamsters – a union of 1.3 million members . . .
